What it is to be cool - Page 3

BDBopper · 04-12-2007, 01:21 PM

Ahh who cares. All I know is that (starts singing) "I'm in with the In Crowd....We got our own way of walking! We got our own way of talkin' Yeah!!"

AllyOops! · 04-13-2007, 10:38 AM

Good golly, they have Polish Cool on Wiki. I'm a total polak in both nationality & nature (I'm actually part polish with a really polish last name that nobody ever spells right). It's about time we got associated with cool instead of riding around on submarines with screendoors & our army invading on carousel horses.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-12-2007, 01:35 PM

All I know is that I was never considered, and never considered myself, anything remotely close to "cool" until I finally learned to stop giving a sh*t. After that...I can't say I was "cool", but the term stopped really mattering to me, and as a result I seemed to get along more comfortably with a lot more people and in a lot more situations.

MouseWife · 04-12-2007, 02:34 PM

Same here. Hard to teach this to the kids, sometimes. But, eventually they get it. Luckily mine seem to get it early.

What a hardship when they don't.

Not Afraid · 04-12-2007, 06:53 PM

I've never been cool. But I like to pretend I am.

lindyhop · 04-12-2007, 07:02 PM

What about groovy?

alphabassettgrrl · 04-13-2007, 09:47 AM

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Swank is Jean Harlow in a bias-cut Madame Vionnet gown, trailing a velvet evening wrap behind her as she slinks towards you. Swank is light years beyond cool. That is the genius of swank and the LoT.

Oh, my, yes.

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All I know is that I was never considered, and never considered myself, anything remotely close to "cool" until I finally learned to stop giving a sh*t. After that...I can't say I was "cool", but the term stopped really mattering to me, and as a result I seemed to get along more comfortably with a lot more people and in a lot more situations.

Yep. Much better to stop worrying about it. That was my senior year of high school and I wish I'd learned the secret earlier.

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've never been cool. But I like to pretend I am.

What? I think you're cool.

Being cool is not something I worry about. I've been "other" for long enough that it doesn't matter anymore. It's really hilarious that at 37 I'm more "mainstream" or "normal" in appearance than I've ever been with some trepidation. My life appears normal until you get to know me. I used to wear my oddities on my sleeve and lately I play it closer to home. I'm not sure if I like this better or not.

€uroMeinke · 04-12-2007, 07:12 PM

Cool is not Prada, nor Dada; The Stones at Altamont, or Pavarotti at La Scala

Rather

Cool is a passion and a place of inner peace, where one takes sincere pleasure in all indulgences spawning self confidence in fashion, art, and taste.

It can't be copied, adopted, or emulated but must come from within, for a pig dressed in Versache is still just a pig.

Strangler Lewis · 04-12-2007, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

a pig dressed in Versache is still just a pig.

Versace.

Pronounced as the English word Ver-sace'

Per Nome in Showgirls.

€uroMeinke · 04-12-2007, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Versace.

Pronounced as the English word Ver-sace'

Per Nome in Showgirls.

And why, if I wore it, I would not cool at all

(oink)

04-12-2007, 01:21 PM	#1
BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	Ahh who cares. All I know is that (starts singing) "I'm in with the In Crowd....We got our own way of walking! We got our own way of talkin' Yeah!!"
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AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	Good golly, they have Polish Cool on Wiki. I'm a total polak in both nationality & nature (I'm actually part polish with a really polish last name that nobody ever spells right). It's about time we got associated with cool instead of riding around on submarines with screendoors & our army invading on carousel horses.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	All I know is that I was never considered, and never considered myself, anything remotely close to "cool" until I finally learned to stop giving a sh*t. After that...I can't say I was "cool", but the term stopped really mattering to me, and as a result I seemed to get along more comfortably with a lot more people and in a lot more situations. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	Same here. Hard to teach this to the kids, sometimes. But, eventually they get it. Luckily mine seem to get it early. What a hardship when they don't. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I've never been cool. But I like to pretend I am.
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lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	What about groovy? __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Cool is not Prada, nor Dada; The Stones at Altamont, or Pavarotti at La Scala Rather Cool is a passion and a place of inner peace, where one takes sincere pleasure in all indulgences spawning self confidence in fashion, art, and taste. It can't be copied, adopted, or emulated but must come from within, for a pig dressed in Versache is still just a pig. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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